A Louisiana state judge on Thursday denied a bid by a coalition of activists that requested records from the company building a 163-mile crude oil pipeline in the state, denying the groups' arguments...
An attorney with radical environmentalist organization Earth First! claims her group is essentially impervious to lawsuits alleging its members sabotage energy projects. ... Read the full piece here.
...ETP's allegations come in a dispute over whether Earth First is an actual group that can be sued. The Center for Constitutional Rights maintains Earth First is an unstructured social movement such...
...At least 10 members of the group now face the felony-trespassing charge; as of this writing, Pamela Spees, an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, says they are waiting to see...
... But lead attorney Pam Spees of the Center for Constitutional Rights , who is working on the case with Misha Mitchell, an attorney with the Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, doesn’t see the victory as...
A Louisiana court of appeals will decide whether pipeline companies seizing land under eminent domain are subject to state open record laws. The Advocate reports the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal heard...
During a pre-trial hearing held Friday morning at the St. Martin Parish Courthouse, Judge Keith Comeaux heard testimony from Kevin Taliaferro, Director of Right of Ways for Energy Transfer Partners,...
A testy trial over the Bayou Bridge pipeline began Tuesday with an assertion that the plaintiff's share of the land at the center of the dispute is worth only $1.11. ... Read the full piece here.
Testimony on day two of the Bayou Bridge eminent domain trial focused on whether the economic benefit of the pipeline would outweigh the costs of possible environmental degradation to sensitive...
...Civil rights groups have already challenged some of the recent state laws. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a suit in South Dakota over the state’s recently enacted “ Riot Boosting Act ,”...
